All Ports and terminals articles – Page 174

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    Good year for Gebrüder Weiss

    2016-03-17T00:00:00Z

    March 17 - Gebrüder Weiss recorded a provisional net turnover of EUR1.28 billion (USD1.44 billion) in 2015, a 3 percent increase compared with EUR1.24 billion (USD1.4 billion) in 2014.

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    IRISL resumes European service

    2016-03-17T00:00:00Z

    March 17 - After its withdrawal in mid 2010 due to sanctions, Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) has resumed its regular liner service - European Container Line (ECL) - between northern Europe and ports in the Middle East Gulf.

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    MHI Vestas invests in Esbjerg

    2016-03-17T00:00:00Z

    March 17 - MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has signed an agreement with the Port of Esbjerg, more than doubling the area of land it leases at the Danish port for the pre-assembly and shipment of offshore wind turbine components.

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    'Positive trend' at DB Schenker

    2016-03-17T00:00:00Z

    March 17 - DB Schenker's volume of European overland and airfreight consignments rose by 2.9 percent and 1.4 percent year-on-year respectively in 2015, while its ocean freight volumes fell 2.1 percent.

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    Indonesia looks to Antwerp

    2016-03-17T00:00:00Z

    March 17 - Antwerp Port Authority chairman Marc Van Peel has signed two framework agreements with IPC Corporate University - a subsidiary of the Indonesian Port Corporation - which will see the port provide training and consultancy services for Indonesian

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    FLS-KAA pipes up again

    2016-03-17T00:00:00Z

    March 17 - Fleet Line Shipping/Kamar Al-Ard (FLS-KAA) has coordinated the shipment of 21,000 tonnes of cement-coated pipes from the UAE to Iraq.

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    Höegh Osaka accident report released

    2016-03-17T00:00:00Z

    March 17 - The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released a report into the listing and subsequent grounding of Höegh Osaka on the Bramble Bank at the entrance to the Port of Southampton in January 2015.

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    Swire ups Papua New Guinea coverage

    2016-03-16T00:00:00Z

    March 16 - Swire Shipping is launching a monthly direct call to Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea from New Zealand and Fiji, with effect from May 4, 2016.

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    Good vibrations cut offshore costs

    2016-03-16T00:00:00Z

    March 16 - Research into wind turbine and monopile design plays a key role in identifying technologies and techniques that reduce build times and lower costs for the offshore wind energy industry - music to the ears of project logisticians serving the sec

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    Compactor gets rapid response

    2016-03-16T00:00:00Z

    March 16 - Rapid Response Solutions (RRS) has transported a 56-tonne Bomag refuse compactor across the UK from Aylesford, Kent to Bishop's Cleeve in Gloucestershire using a four-axle Nooteboom low loader and a Scania tractor unit.

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    NileDutch buys out SafmarineMPV

    2016-03-16T00:00:00Z

    March 16 - NileDutch has acquired SafmarineMPV's Europe to West Africa services and operations.

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    Sohar strengthens breakbulk focus

    2016-03-16T00:00:00Z

    March 16 - Speaking at the Breakbulk China exhibition in Shanghai, Sohar Port and Freezone's executive commercial manager Marc Evertse told delegates that the Omani port saw a 46 percent year-on-year increase in breakbulk cargo shipments in 2015.

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    FleetWeather rebrands

    2016-03-15T00:00:00Z

    March 15 - Effective immediately, FleetWeather Ocean Services has changed its name to Accuritas Global Solutions.

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    Sarens wins KBR refinery contract

    2016-03-15T00:00:00Z

    March 15 - Sarens has been awarded a heavy lift contract from engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company KBR to support construction and expansion activities at an oil refinery in Corpus Christi, USA.

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    Optimarin secures Carisbrooke deal

    2016-03-15T00:00:00Z

    March 15 - Optimarin has signed an agreement with UK based shipowner Carisbrooke for the implementation of its Optimarin Ballast System (OBS) across the company's fleet of 46 multipurpose and bulk vessels.

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    Royal Cargo powers ahead

    2016-03-15T00:00:00Z

    March 15 - Royal Cargo has coordinated the transport of heavy and oversize equipment for the 165 MW coal-fired Balingasag power plant in Misamis Oriental, the Philippines.

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    Asciano agrees joint consortium bid

    2016-03-15T00:00:00Z

    March 15 - Australian logistics provider Asciano has entered into binding documentation to sell the company to Brookfield Consortium and Qube Consortium.

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    Rickmers foresees tough 2016

    2016-03-15T00:00:00Z

    March 15 - Rickmers Group posted revenues of EUR587 million (USD652 million) in 2015, a 7.6 percent rise compared with EUR545.4 million (USD605 million) in 2014.

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    Q Plant invests in Kobelco

    2016-03-14T00:00:00Z

    March 14 - UK based Q Crane & Plant Hire has taken delivery of its second Kobelco CKE 1350G lattice boom crawler crane, with a lifting capacity of 135 tonnes at 4.5 m.

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    Blue Water brings Sandbank to close

    2016-03-14T00:00:00Z

    March 14 - Blue Water Shipping has acted as stevedores for Bilfinger Marine & Offshore Systems in connection with the installation of foundations for the Sandbank offshore wind farm in the North Sea.